Pick-a-Shelf discussion

This particular game requires that you complete LOST 2023 first, since you use the date of completion to determine your books for this game.

Directions:
Read 10 books which were:
1. added to your TBR in the past 6 months AND
2. were published prior to the date you completed LOST 2023 (part 1).

Participants:

Beverly FINISHED

Dee FINISHED

Joyce

LaurLa FINISHED

Mary

Meg FINISHED

Michelle FINISHED

Nat

Rosemary FINISHED

Soelo FINISHED

Susan FINISHED

Tien FINISHED

Found (Lost 2023 #2)
Finished Lost 2023 4/25/23

6/10 Done

Books added between 11/25/22 and 4/25/23
AND published prior to 4/25/23

1. Children of Time Added 4/23/2023 Published 6/4/2015 READ 6/10/23
2. The Real Sherlock Added 3/17/23 Published 5/23/19 READ 5/31/23
3. The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent Added 3/17/23 Published 5/24/16 READ 5/31/23
4. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Added 1/14/23 Published 9/26/2006 Read 7/27/23
5. Dark Matter Added 1/15/23 Published 7/26/2016 Read 8/9/23
6. Triptych Added April 15, 2023 Published 8/15/2006 Read 9/6/23
7. .Record of a Spaceborn Few Added 3/31/23 Published 7/24/18

Possibilities
Odd Partners: An Anthology Added 4/23/23 Published 4/23/19
The Wandering Inn: Book 1 Added 4/23/23 Published 8/1/2018
The Evil Queen Added 4/23/23 Published 6/25/19


Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic Added 3/17/23 Published 8/1/2019
The Big Dark Sky Added 3/11/23 Published 7/19/2022
The Twisted Ones Added 3/5/23 Published 10/1/2019
The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind Added 2/17/23 Published 6/18/2019
A Psalm for the Wild-Built Added 1/29/23 Published 7/13/21
The Bone Houses Added 1/22/23 Published 9/24/19
Dawn Unearthed Added 1/22/23 Published 8/17/2021
Recursion Added 1/15/23 Published 6/11/19
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Added 4/19/23 published 7/19/22
Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address Added 4/19/23 Published 8/12/79
Hollow Kingdom Added 3/6/23 Published 8/6/19
Jekyll & Hyde Inc. Added 3/5/23 Published 9/7/21

Finished LOST 25 May 2023

1. Honor Lost (Added 8 April 2023, Pub 11 Feb 2020) 7/30
2. The Darkest Road (Added 8 April 2023, Pub Nov 1986) 11/19
3. The Shadow Year (Added 8 April 2023, Pub 1 March 2008)
4. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Added 13 Jan 2023, Pub 14 March 2023)
5. Crazy Rich Asians (Added 8 April 2023, Pub 11 Jun 2013) 6/27
6. Peter Pan (Added 8 April 2023, Pub 27 Dec 1911) 11/27
7. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (Added 21 Jan 2023, Pub 7 March 2023) 7/26
8. Flux (Added 19 March 2023, Pub 21 March 2023) 12/7
9. The Hike (Added 20 May 2023, Pub 27 April 2023) 11/30
10. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues (Added 24 March 2023, Pub 18 April 2023) 8/9

Done: 8/10

Finished Lost for 2023 on June 23rd
Books must be added to TBR after Dec 23, 2022 and published before June 23, 2023


1. A Portrait in Shadow - added June 21 2023, read June 23 2023
2. Yellowface - added Jan 1 2023, Read June 30 2023
3. The Lost Library - requested from netgalley in May 2023, Read July 02 2023
4. Kindred - added June 22 2023, Read July 18th 2023
5. The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England - Added April 30, 2023, Read August 19 2023
6. The Magician’s Daughter - Added June 04 2023, Read October 11 2023
7. Harvest Moon - Added Jan 02 2023, Read October 14 2023
8. Hunter's Moon - Added Jan 02 2023, Read October 15 2023
9. The Clockwork Scarab - Added May 2023, Read October 30, 2023
10. The Spiritglass Charade - Added May 2023, Read November 1st, 2023.

Finished Nov 1st!!

FOUND
Finished 31 Aug 23

Read 10 books which were added to TBR after 23 Dec 2022 and published before 23 June 2023 (date of finishing LOST).

✔ 1. La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas, read 10 Jul 23, added 29 June 23, published 1499
✔ 2. Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe, read 11 Jul 23, added 30 June 23, published 1964
✔ 3. The Green Hat by Michael Arlen, read 16 Jul 23, added 29 June 23, published 1924
✔ 4. Statues in a Garden by Isabel Colegate, read 17 Jul 23, added 29 June 23, pub 1964
✔ 5. We're in Trouble by Christopher Coake, read 23 Jul 23, added 21 Jul 23, pub 2005
✔ 6. Ancestry by Simon Mawer, read 31 Jul 23, added 22 Jun 23, pub 2022
✔ 7. The Hive by Camilo José Cela, read 5 Aug 23, added 29 Jun 23, pub 1951
✔ 8. The Long Valley by John Steinbeck, read 17 Aug 23, added 16 Aug 23, pub 1938
✔ 9. Arthritis Reversed by Mark Wiley, read 17 Aug 23, added 15 Aug 23, pub 2014
✔ 10. Bad Day at the Vulture Club by Vaseem Khan, read 31 Aug 23, added 11 Feb 23, pub 2019

FOUND
10/10 books as at 08/31

Read 10 books which were:
1. added between 01/01/23 - 07/02/23
2. were published prior to 07/02/23

1. Cellnight: A verse novel -Read 07/17
added: 02/19/23 | pub. 04/01/2023
2. Shanghai Immortal (Shanghai Immortal #1) -Read 07/19
added: 03/09/23 | pub. 06/01/23
3. The War Nurses -Read 08/06
added: 03/13/2023 | pub 4/12/2023
4. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) -Read 08/12
added: 06/18/23 | pub. 02/28/23
5. Murder at the Charity Ball (Miss Underhay #11) -Read 08/17
added: 01/05/23 | pub. 01/20/23
6. Wake -Read 08/18
added: 04/10/23 | pub. 2022
7. The Fancies -Read 08/19
added: 02/27/23 | pub. 04/05/2023
8. Fangs of the Black Tiger (Tales of the Swordsman #2) -Read 08/22
added: 01/27/23 | pub. 2021
9. Monstrous Heart (The Monstrous Heart Trilogy #1) -Read 08/24
added: 05/25/23 | pub. 2020
10. The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels #3) -Read 08/31
added: 05/04/23 | pub. 04/20/2023

Found 2023

finished LOST - 6 July 2023

Finished: 10/10

10 books published before 6 July 2023 and purchased in the last 6 months (so after 6 January 2023)

1 Fireball (purchased June 2023)* - Finished - 10/9/23
2 A Killer’s Game (purchased May 2023)* - Finished - 11/2/23
3 The Little Wartime Library (purchased April 2023) - Finished - 8/25/23
4 A Girl Called Samson (purchased March 2023)* - Finished - 10/29/23
5 It'll Be An Adventure (purchased February 2023) - Finished - 7/22/23
6 Chick Magnet (purchased January 2023)* - Finished - 10/9/23
7 About Time (purchased April 2023) - Finished - 8/18/23
8 Imprudence (purchased February 2023) - Finished - 8/31/23
9 Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America (purchased February 2023)* - Finished - 10/21/23
10 The Sixth Wicked Child (march 2023)* - Finished - 10/23/23

Found 2023

Finished LOST July 21, 2023

Books must be added to TBR after January 21, 2023 and published before July 21, 2023

10/10

✔1. The Maid's Diary
✔2. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
✔3. Someone Else's Shoes
✔4. Beyond the Tracks
✔5. The Paris Agent
✔6. Hang the Moon
✔7. Four to Score
✔8. The Secret Book of Flora Lea
✔9. The Light Between Oceans
✔10. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

Found (Lost 2023 #2)
Finished Lost 2023 23/7/23
Books must be added to TBR after January 23, 2023 and published before July 23, 2023

1. Solito✔
2. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI✔
3. The Family Inheritance✔
4. Lock Every Door✔
5. The Girl Who Drank the Moon✔
6. Exile and the Kingdom✔
7. A Fatal Grace✔
8. The Crane Husband✔
9. Atalanta✔
10. The Liar✔

All added to post #2 through message 10.

I'm in!!!

Read 10 books which were:
1. added to your TBR between 2/1/23 and 8/1/23 AND
2. were published prior to 8/1/23

Goal: 10
Progress 10/10 (100%)

1. Adelaide, Courtney Summers (added 2/2/23, pub 4/18/23)
2. Small Mercies, Dennis Lehane (added 2/22/23, pub 4/25/23)
3. Girl, Forgotten, Karin Slaughter (added 2/11/23, pub 6/23/22)
4. No Two Persons, Erica Bauermeister (added 2/2/23, pub 5/2/23)
5. Weyward, Emilia Hart (added 2/2/23, pub 2/2/23)
6. Hello Stranger, Katherine Center (added 2/2/23, pub 7/11/23)
7. A History of Burning, Janika Oza (added 3/27/23, pub 5/2/23)
8. Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano (added 3/31/23, pub 3/14/23)
9. The Wind Knows My Name (added 3/27/23, pub 6/6/23)
10. Someone Else's Shoes (added 4/3/23, pub 2/2/23)

Finished today! (message 6)
Will there be a Lost and Found?

Woot! I'm done too, just now :)

Congrats, Rosemary!

Yes, there will be a Lost and Found - Bea will post that

congrats Rosemary! i'm hoping to wrap this one up in September (I have all my remaining books slotted into a challenge starting then)

Am posting Lost and Found in a few minutes. Congrats to all finishers!

Finished Lost 2023 23/7/23
Finished found 3/9/23


1. Solito✔
2. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI✔
3. The Family Inheritance✔
4. Lock Every Door✔
5. The Girl Who Drank the Moon✔
6. Exile and the Kingdom✔
7. A Fatal Grace✔
8. The Crane Husband✔
9. Atalanta✔
10. The Liar✔

Congrats, Meg.

I just finished LOST. I'm always amazed how the rest of you get done with it and move on to this one so quickly. Here's a beginning of my FOUND plans.

FOUND

Read 10 books which were:
1. added to your TBR in the past 6 months AND
2. were published prior to the date you completed LOST 2023 (part 1).

LOST finished 9/17

✔1. A Room Full of Bones, added 7/8/23 - fin 9/18
✔2. The City Born Great, added 4/23/23 - fin 9/19
✔3. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5), added 8/28/23 - fin 10/4
✔4.Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch #3), added 4/9/23 - fin 10/5
✔5. She Commands Me and I Obey (Imperial Radch #0.6), added 4/9/23
✔6. Red Team Blues, added 5/4/23 - fin 10/7
✔7. Dancing with Myself, added 6/16/23 - fin 10/17
✔8. The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #8), added 8/6/2023 - fin 10/22
✔9. Look both Ways, added 10/1/23 - fin 10/27
✔10. Provenance, added 10/6/23 - fin 10/28

COMPLETED 10/28

Found

Read 10 books which were:
1. added to your TBR in the past 6 months AND
2. were published prior to the date you completed LOST 2023 (part 1).

Added after 3/21/2023 and published prior to 9/21/2023

✔️1. The Black Box by E. Phillips Oppenheim added 9/10/2023
✔️2. The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman added 8/26/2023

All finished!!

Congrats, Beverly!

I just finished this. First time ever that I've had a chance to start Lost & Found.

It doesn't look to me like you've added me to the list with hot links, Bea. I've updated message 10 above. I hope that's ok for you to see/check/list.

Susan wrote: "I just finished this. First time ever that I've had a chance to start Lost & Found.

It doesn't look to me like you've added me to the list with hot links, Bea. I've updated message 10 above. I hop..."

Sorry that I missed you, Susan...better late than never. Congrats on your finish!

finished FOUND - post 8 :)

Dee wrote: "finished FOUND - post 8 :)"

Congrats, Dee

Finished post #5!

FOUND (LOST 2023, #2)
September 23 - December 2023

My FOUND 2023 Challenge (msg 28)

Lost completion ➖ 09.22.23



☑️added May 2023 | pubbed June 2015 ➖ The Werewolf Meets His Match ➖ 10.26 ★★★★
☑️added August 2023 | pubbed Sept 5, 2023 ➖ The Grave Robber ➖ 10.26 ★★★★
☑️added August 2023 | pubbed June Oct 2020 ➖ In a Holidaze ➖ 09.25 ★★★★
☑️added August 2023 | pubbed May 2022 ➖ Inheritance ➖ 10.15 ★★★
☑️added Sept 2023 | pub Jan 1992➖The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog➖09.27 ★★★★
☑️added Sept 2023 | pubbed Feb 2012 ➖ Lingus ➖ 09.27 ★★★★
☑️added Sept 2023 | pubbed May 2011 ➖ Accidental Abduction ➖ 09.26 ★★★
☑️added Oct 2023 | pubbed April 2019 ➖ The Mummy Trap ➖ 10.06 ★★★
☑️added Oct 2023 | pubbed July 2021 ➖ All Fired Up ➖ 10.29 ★★★
☑️added Oct 2023 | pubbed Dec 2014 ➖ Her Secret Agent ➖ 11.04 ★★★★

Finished!!

LaurLa wrote: "Finished!!"

Congrats, LaurLa!

Soelo wrote: "Finished post #5!"

Soelo, sorry that I missed this post. Congrats!

Finally finished!!! Message #12 updated.

10/10 complete

Michelle wrote: "Finally finished!!! Message #12 updated.

10/10 complete"

Congrats, Michelle!